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Technically, Linus Torvalds 'Linux is just a kernel. Kernel refers to a system software that provides device driver, file system, process management, network communication and other functions. Kernel is not a complete operating system, it is only the core of the operating system. Linux is often referred to as a Linux distribution; a Linux distribution is an operating system consisting of the Linux kernel, GNU tools and libraries, and a collection of software.

Some organizations or vendors package the Linux kernel with various software and documentation, and provide system installation interfaces and system configuration, configuration and management tools, which constitute Linux distributions.

Linux distributions have played a huge role in the development of the Linux kernel, and it is they that have driven the use of Linux and thus more people to start paying attention to Linux. Therefore, it is not accurate to refer to Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, etc. as Linux directly. They are Linux distributions. More precisely, they should be called "Linux-based operating system packages."

Linux distributions use the same Linux kernel, so there are no compatibility issues at the kernel level, each version has a different feel, only at the outermost layer of the distribution (applications developed by the publisher).

Linux distributions can be broadly divided into two categories:

Distributions maintained by commercial companies, represented by the famous Red Hat;

Community maintained distributions, represented by Debian.

It's hard to say which of the many Linux versions is better, and each version has its own characteristics.

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